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Forests, Fire and Invasive Species

Explore Earth's beautiful forests – and learn how invasives and fire affect this habitat.

Community life in the forest of La Amistad International Park, Costa Rica. Tucked away in the southeastern corner of Costa Rica, the fogshrouded cloud forests and cascading rivers of La Amistad International Park remain one of the largest, least-disturbed areas in Central America. The Nature Conservancy has helped 17 community groups in La Amistad come together as a network known as Red Ind?gena de Turismo. Through the network, members receive training and resources to develop environmentally friendly economic activities like ecotourism as well as sustainable agricultural practices. Photograph taken on assignment for The Nature Conservancy "Design For A Living World" project and exhibit. © Ami Vitale

Forests, Fire and Invasive Species

Forests are essential to the health and quality of life of people everywhere. Forests renew the air we breathe and moderate our global climate. They play a major role in recycling atmospheric moisture and stabilizing soils. Forests, quite simply, help sustain all life on Earth.

But nearly half of the world's forest cover has disappeared, and the rest is at risk from invasive species, illegal logging and altered natural fire regimes.

Explore this habitat, and what The Nature Conservancy is doing to protect the health of these important ecosystems for future generations.

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A log yard fills a large field near the village of Long Gi, East Kalimantan. © Mark Godfrey

Forest Conservation

Explore The Nature Conservancy's work to conserve forests around the world.

The Nature Conservancy's first prescribed burn the Ossipee Pine Barrens of New Hampshire. Andre Gauthier of the Conservancy's Maine Field Office, helps spread the fire on a 10-acre burn unit in Madison. © Eric Aldrich/The Nature Conservancy

Fire's Natural Role

Altered fire regimes pose a great threat to forest conservation. See what The Nature Conservancy is doing to help maintain fire's natural role for people and nature.

Fire ants © Kevin Herrin

Invasive Species

The best way to combat invasive species is to prevent them from occurring. See what we're doing to prevent invasives -- and to rehabilitate habitat that has been invaded.